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Bridging the Political Rift One Face-to-face Conversation at a Time
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- August 8, 2025
1. “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” 2. “The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful.” 3. “If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force
READ MOREYesterday, Minneapolis Public Schools proudly shared a letter of congratulations from President Obama. Here’s the post: Here’s the letter: Assuming the letter is real, the President really ought to have had his team check out the school district before sending a letter of congratulations to the interim superintendent. We certainly agree that “Our Nation’s future
READ MOREThe lecture format is being abandoned by many college professors. This phenomenon is due to a number of factors: the pressure of teachers to entertain students, the imposition of the scientific method onto the humanities, and an increased preference for “active learning” methods. But in a New York Times article this past Sunday, Dr.
READ MORECould the traditional 5-day school week actually be a drain on students and teachers? That’s a subject explored in a recent study published by MIT Press Journals. A number of schools in Colorado have made the switch from a 5 to a 4-day school week in recent years, largely in an effort to manage budget
READ MOREHave American attitudes towards guns changed as a result of shootings such as the one at Umpqua Community College? When it comes to buying guns the answer might be yes. According to Gallup, “Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct
READ MOREIt can be frustrating when those who are unkind to us, who wrong us, or who commit injustices toward others are successful by worldly standards. Perhaps they have plenty of friends, good jobs, power, or a lot of money. But according to Plato in his dialogue Gorgias, those who do bad things cannot truly
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